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LANplex® 2500 Ver 5.1.0 Switching Software Release Notes

Modified: 05/22/98

Product: CoreBuilder 2500
Technology: Ethernet; FDDI
Product Family: Switches
Product Line: CoreBuilder 2500
SW Ver No. 5.1.0 FW Ver No. HW Ver No.

LANplex 2500

Software Release Notes

LANplex Switching Software
Revision 5.1.0
December 20, 1995

Part No. 801-00291-000

Published January 24, 1996

3Com Corporation - 5400 Bayfront Plaza - Santa Clara, California - 95052-8154

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Contents

Overview
Release Highlights
Before You Start
Updating Your System Software
Copying Software to a Hard Disk
Copying to UNIX
Copying to DOS
Updating Your Diagnostic Software
Copying Software to a Hard Disk
Copying to UNIX
Copying to DOS
Loading Software on the System
User Documentation
What's New at Revision 5.1.0?
Software Corrections
System Issues
Known Problems
SNMP MIB Files
Supported Versions
Compiler Support
Revision History

LANplex 2500

Switching Software

Revision 5.1.0

Overview

These release notes describe revision 5.1.0 of the LANplex 2500 Switching software from 3Com Corporation, dated December 20, 1995. This revision supersedes the earlier revision 5.0 dated October 14, 1995.

Release Highlights

This release contains:

· Bug Fixes several bug fixes have been implemented at this release.

For more information about this release, see the section "What's New at Revision 5.1.0?".

Before You Start

Prior to installing your new software, read these release notes in their entirety. Carefully read the sections "System Issues" and "Known Problems".

Updating Your System Software

You can install a new software version from any host-running ftp server. The system software is distributed for both UNIX and DOS platforms.

The following media types are used to distribute software releases (the files are compressed on the media):

· UNIX tar format 31/an interface, you assign IP addresses to ports. This defines the IP broadcast domain for frames sourced from the attached segment. Therefore, it is imperative that the IP broadcast domain be consistent across all ports to avoid unintentional filtering of IP broadcasts. Refer to the section "Defining an Interface" in the Administration console User Guide.

· If you are switching multiple subnets and IP addresses are assigned for management, an address within all subnets that will be switched MUST be assigned to all ports.

Known Problems

The are no known software problems identified at this release.

SNMP MIB Files

SNMP MIB files are shipped with the LANplex system software as ASN.1 files. Copies of ASN.1 files are provided for each of the supported compilers described at the end of this section.

Supported Versions

The SNMP MIB file names and the currently supported version of each MIB are listed below.

· bridge.mib Bridge MIB, RFC 1493

· ethernet.mib Ethernet MIB, RFC 1398

· fddiSmt7.mib FDDI SMT 7.3 MIB, RFC 1512

· lp.mib LANplex Systems MIB, version 1.2.0

· lpOpFddi.mib LANplex Optional FDDI MIB, version 1.2.0

· mib2.mib MIB-II, RFC 1213

Compiler Support

ASN.1 MIB files are provided for each of the MIB compilers listed below. Any warnings or exceptions related to a particular compiler are listed with that

compiler.

· SMIC (version 1.0.9)

· MOSY (version 7.1)

For the MIB file lpOpFddi.mib, the MOSY compiler reports warnings for counter names that do not end in "s". This has no effect on the output produced by the MOSY compiler.

· HP Openview (version 3.1)

· mib2schema (with SunNet Manager version 2.0)

The MIB file fddiSmt7.mib produces the following warning messages when compiled using mib2schema:

Translating....
Warning: The following INDEX entries in fddimibMACCountersTable not resolved:
fddimibMACSMTIndex
fddimibMACIndex
Translation Complete.
Schema file in "fddiSmt7.mib.schema"
Oid file in "fddiSmt7.mib.oid"

However, these warning messages have no effect on the ability of SNM to use the schema file generated with versions of SNM greater than or equal to 2.0.

Revision History

The following table provides a brief description of the previous releases of the LANplex 2500 software.

Table 1 Revision History for LANplex 2500 Software

Revision Number

Description of Release

4.3.0

New features:
· UDP Helper
· IPX Snap Translation

4.2.0

New features:
· IP Routing implemented
· Support for the AUI and BNC Option Modules

4.0.1

Several bug fixes implemented

4.0.0

First release of LANplex 2500 system software

, enter y (yes).

If the LANplex executable software image stored in EPROM is corrupted (for example, when a power failure occurs while you are updating software), contact 3Com Technical Support or your service person.

User Documentation

This version of software is compatible with the documentation revisions listed below. These release notes describe only the changes and additions to this documentation.

The following documents comprise the LANplex 2500 documentation set.

· LANplex 2500 Getting Started (Rev. 02, Part No. 801-00244-000, shipped with system)

· LANplex 2500 Planning Your Site (Rev. 02, Part No. 801-00243-000, shipped with system)

· LANplex 2500 Operation Guide (Rev. 02, Part No. 801-00245-000)

· LANplex 2500 Administration Console User Guide (Rev. 02, Part No. 801-00246-000)

These additional documents are shipped with the individual modules:

· Ethernet RJ-21 Module Installation, 2500/2016, (Rev. 01, Part No. 801-00118-000)

· Ethernet RJ-45 Module Installation, 2500/2016, (Rev. 01, Part No. 801-00094-000)

· Ethernet 10BASE-FL Module Installation, 2500/2016, (Rev. 01, Part No. 801-00095-000)

· Ethernet 10BASE-2 (BNC) Module Installation, 2500/2016, (Rev. 01, Part No. 801-00217-000)

· Ethernet 10BASE-5 (AUI) Module Installation, 2500/2016, (Rev. 01, Part No. 801-00218-000)

· FDDI DAS MIC (MMF)Module Installation Guide, 2500, (Rev. 01, Part No. 801-00096-000)

· FDDI DAS MIC (SMF) Module Installation Guide, 2500, (Rev. 01, Part No. 801-00153-000)

· TP-DDI DAS Module Installation Guide, 2500, (Rev. 01, Part No. 801-00265-000)

What's New at Revision 5.1.0?

This section describes software corrections implemented at this release.

Software Corrections

The following software corrections are implemented at this release:

· The FDDI ring latency attribute is now correctly reported.

· The following Roving Analysis bugs have been corrected:

· Panic 6 eliminated

· Analyzer port status is now correctly reported

· Assertion at line 99 has been eliminated

System Issues

The following system issue is identified at this release:

· Any time you define an IP interface for IP management on a system intended for switching only you MUST include all ports in that interface. 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